On the question of the right to privacy in Jewish law Nahum Rakover wrote that,

“The right to privacy, we may well conclude, is in Jewish law a vested right which is protected by injunction, restoration of the status quo and the award of damages, from the civil law aspect. Interferences with the right also has it criminal law character, to be countered by penal sanctions. Generally, in this area, more perhaps than in other areas, two conflicting interests are posted-the right of the individual and the rights of society. The law must strike a fair and just balance between the two.” (Rakover, p. 180)